LARGE FAMILY MEAL PLAN AND GROCERY HAUL | Cleaning out the FREEZER!

this video is sponsored by thrive market hang on until later in the video and i'm going to give you guys an amazing coupon code and free gift hey friends how's it going welcome to today's video i chose this angle in the kitchen because of the shadowing on my face makes me look younger today's video is going to be a meal plan kind of based around the proteins that are in my freezers right now because they're all a little full and we need to clear some out so my uh shopping this week will be like a lot of produce and maybe some snack foods for my kids let's take a little look-see into mr freezer see what we can find and see if i can come up with like five five or six dinners for my family i don't do the full seven because we usually have one or two leftover nights in there because i do tend to cook a lot of quantity so let's go check out this freezer right here um although most of the protein is downstairs but anyway let's take a look i have these clearance meat items of the sausage variety so i have these johnsonville firecracker brats and this beyond sausage i got in a clearance haul right here 339 i hear that's pretty good for the uh meat substitute items yes it is a non-meat enemy but we're not vegetarian or anything so i am going to cook these together i think the plan is we're going gonna sear them on the stove finish them in the oven or keep them warm in the oven and then just have a vegetable side if you have not had just grilled sausage sliced over a really nice salad you're missing out because it's delicious so we'll stick that to the side cause we're actually gonna have that tonight uh let's go see what else we can find in mr freezer oh my gosh my mom bought more stuff have you had these my mom says they're really really good i don't like raspberries so i don't typically go for those i think this is taco meat so let's get this out and let's do a taco salad one night that'll be a huge hit with my kids and it'll increase our veggie count so we have sausage with vegetables and a taco salad and there's my mom's cherries let's stick this right with those cherries like this i have a couple of pitas here so what if i got these out and we did a pizza homemade pizza with this as our pizza crust oh my gosh i forgot i had this okay this i know this isn't like start from scratch but you guys this is gonna be the easiest dinner ever are you ready we're gonna have this beef ragu it's homemade sauce it's simmered for like an hour it's so delicious oh look at that i have a half a box of this and a whole box of that oh this is only 12 ounces so if i put these together it should be about 16 ounces with the ragu maybe some green beans or broccoli or something on the side so easy i am so i'm really glad i decided to look in the freezer today so i can use up a lot of things i already have i think we're gonna go downstairs into the basement and check out the chest freezer so scary oh my goodness okay it's exactly what i wanted turkey burgers all i need to do is get some buns and actually i think i'm going to try and make some homemade buns i'm so sorry it's loud down here but the heater's on and the hvac is right behind me so what do you think about that remember how many are in this i just need to make some homemade buns and we are good to go for this okay we're not in a scary basement anymore so let's check out the outside freezer in the garage because there's something that's been in there for a long time hands are about to get cold here we go oh it's not going to be as bad as i thought okay okay oh my gosh it's freaking freezing whole sirloin pork loin boneless in bag 9.2 pounds let's figure out something to do with this my hands are freezing it's like a big ice block now my first idea oh you know what i just saw the door's open does that drive you crazy when that door's open it drives me a little crazy the first thing i thought of is to make my cajun roasted pork loin it goes in the freezer what it goes in the oven but i'm thinking crock pot meal right like if it were a roast i would do some kind of pulled pork but it isn't what about oh garlic balsamic pork loin oh you got my attention pork is so easy honestly most proteins are easy because you just cook the protein how you like it and then make sides to go on the side so like with this pork if i do this what is it garlic balsamic i mean serve it with rice serve it with potatoes serve it with a salad roasted veggies of of whatever kind just pick whatever you like serve it on the side and you're done paprika chicken broth balsamic vinegar garlic italian seasoning i have all that stuff that is easy i think let's do that garlic balsamic crock pot pork loin oh that's a mouthful in it that gives me five meals so all i need to do now is get my items and start cooking so let's move on to the whole portion of the video and i would like to thank thrive market for sponsoring today's video partnering with me i want to show you what i picked up from them because it's mostly like our snack foods and stuff for the next probably two weeks thrive market is a membership-based service and they have two membership options they have an annual and a monthly i recommend the annual because it's way cheaper it comes out to only five dollars a month what they're gonna do for my viewers is they're going to give you guys not only a free gift but 25 off your first order which is a huge amount of savings at the beginning of 2021. on thrive market you can buy thousands of wholesome food home and even beauty products you can find everything you need for whatever diet you happen to follow you can search via keto paleo gluten free vegan bpa free and everything and you can use the app and skip the store completely and i know that is a huge benefit to a lot of us these days all orders over 49 are shipped for free and i personally have had no issues at all with their packaging in fact everything comes really well wrapped and everything is recyclable that is a hard word to say for every paid membership they gift a membership to a family in need through their thrive gives program which i'm a big fan of if you want to sign up you get a free gift and 25 off your first order so you can really pile on the savings link down below in the doobly-doo let's look at the haul so i wanted to use my thrive market order this time to pick up some snacks so haley could take to volleyball tournaments and then my kids could also take in school lunches that would be new and different and fun for them so let's go over it really quick i love crackers and i love ancient greens so this felt like a no-brainer to me you can eat it with cheese you can dip it in hummus you could dip it in chocolate hummus and i've heard is it john john from obese to beast said he loves chick peas and chickpea snacks and so i was like this is a little nod to him i'm gonna try these out for the first time i got the barbecue flavor because i love barbecued chips we'll see how that goes if you know my family you know we always have tortilla chips and salsa in my house i saw these bacon habanero tortilla chips and it just felt right and why in the world would you buy tortilla chips and not pick up salsa i couldn't say i loved the thrive market salsa when we bought it last time so this time i got the smoky chipotle to eat with those i know haley is going to be thrilled with this haley and dave their favorite snack ever is salsa and chips they're going to love this i did need some more baking soda so i decided to try about my thrive market baking soda see how i liked it i am pretty picky when it comes to herbal teas but i wanted to try this one out this lemon ginger i love ginger and i love lemon so it feels like it just can't go wrong i do like to keep applesauce on hand for tummies that might not be feeling great or a quick snack for my smaller children and i do make most of my own jam however i was really intrigued by this super fruit blend so let's see what's in it i can't get things like acai berries pomegranates that sort of stuff so i was really interested in trying this out and they used apple pectin as its thickener so this looks really good i'm excited to try this we were out of sriracha so i wanted to check out this brand and see how we liked it dave loves this and it's unacceptable to not have it in the house some more crackers i just love dipping crackers in stuff a cheese spread a hummus spread a jalapeno artichoke spread whatever i just love it so these looked delicious we love sourdough over here dragon fruit chips like what what i've always wanted to really try dragon fruit but it is so expensive here i think they're about seven dollars each at my grocery store and i've only ever been able to try it in mexico and in the caribbean pretty excited about this oh do i need to say more i don't think so whole grain touch of honey pretzel sticks i love the kind of salty sweet so i anticipate these being delicious last but not least in case you didn't know we love plantain chips over here and they are very hard to find here so i got the chili lime flavor and just the plain flavor and i am so excited to dig into these i prefer them more on the savory side like more on the green side if you get a fresh melon tan and less on the yellow side when they start turning a touch sweet i prefer it the other way they are going to give you a free gift and 25 off your first order right now don't forget link down below thank you once again to thrive market for sponsoring today's video okay i did go to one more store so let's take a look at those items right now okay i know i said i went to one more store but technically i do have two more mini halls okay locally i have what do i want to call it community co-op special order thing okay and they do produce so i bought a 40 pound box of honey crisp apples for 35 dollars so here are the apples we just opened them they're huge and some fresh cucumbers i can't remember how many there were there were five in here yeah there's five in there i want to say this was about three dollars i didn't get these today but i did want to mention them these are from sam's club they had this brussels sprouts applewood bacon on clearance it must have been some kind of seasonal item for christmas maybe they were getting rid of it so it was way cheaper than it normally is i think there's two in here so that can be one of our vegetable sides and i've been doing an experiment i've been trying all of the bacon from all the stores all the brands in order to recommend to you my favorite one and i have not tried the members mark hickory smoked bacon this is a pretty good price it's about nine dollars for the three pounds actually it's pretty standard i'm excited to try this and see what i think and did you know that at sam's club at the deli counter you can purchase pre-made raw pizza dough so there are 21 full pizzas in here and it's about 20 so a dollar or less per pizza crust let's cut into this sucker so yeah this will go in the freezer so like i've emptied it out i fill it back up that's just the way it goes they're already pre-rolled out like this and they are gonna get all big and delicious and they're pre-wrapped so all you have to do is kind of thought out a little bit stick it on your pizza stone or whatever it is that you use put it with your toppings and cook it like normal did you guess we were gonna do a clearance haul at the end of this we are yay yes indeed i went into fred meyer looking specifically for produce vegetables mostly and some salad items with my fingers crossed that i would find some clearance stickers and lo and behold i did indeed in fact there are only two items in here that do not have a clearance sticker and they are these cherry tomatoes because i wanted tomatoes for a salad and this orange bell pepper because i wanted a bell pepper for a salad so this is gonna be the bulk of my vegetables for the next few days with the dinners that we talked about earlier in this video unfortunately i can't get the vegetables from thrive market yet i'm waiting for them to start that but let me show you what i got and what i'm planning on doing with them obviously i wanted salad stuff so i saw these romaine hearts on sale for 1.49 so i got two of those one baby spring mix 4.49 of course the salad kits are always gonna be a winner two asiago kale and two of the is it buffalo ranch buffalo ranch so two of these will be a side dish for my whole family okay so that's that's one meal that's one meal some clearance limes pretty happy to have those because fresh lime on your food and in your drinks life-changing let's go over here i saw these green beans and it's 2.99 for two pounds and they do look a little wet okay they are wet but i tried to determine whether they were just wet or slimy and they just look wet to me so i think they're gonna be okay after we rinse them off but if they're slimy in any way they're no good so just keep an eye out for that a ton of cheeses and dips we like trying new things around here so this is really fun i have a goat cheese dip here this looks so delicious garlic and herb goat cheese dip yum and i can use some of my uh crackers and things i got from thrive market to dip into that some is it tzatziki sauce even though i don't know how to say it i do like to eat it it's delicious look at this everything but the bagel dip and spread what so excited this cheese looked really interesting yes this was expensive but the normal price is like 11 i've never tried this before an italian cheese it's similar to mozzarella but bolder and more buttery so that's gonna be fun this one was on clearance i've heard people rave about these never had it before so that's gonna be exciting and some creme fraiche because i just think about dessert i feel like i need to make a dessert with that last few things are the holy guacamole and the mashed avocado i've been eating this on my eggs in the morning just a plain avocado it's so good and all of these can be frozen so if you don't think you're going to go through all of them just stick them in the freezer and pull them out one at a time as you will eat them of course we'll use these with our taco salads on our meal plan that is everything for today's meal plan and haul i'll have the full meal plan down below along with any recipes if i have them for you and one more time if you guys want to try out thrive market i recommend the annual membership they're going to give you 25 off your first order and a free gift so thank you to them thanks for joining me today and i'll see you in the next video

Channel: Frugal Fit Mom

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Keywords: meal plan, grocery haul, tiffani beaston, beauty and the beastons, frugal living, weekly meal plan, meal planning, easy meal planning, ffm, frugal fit mom, large family, jamerrill stewart, feeding a large family, tribe of many, frugal living tips, on a budget, large family meal plan, large family grocery haul, stay at home mom

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Length: 14min 44sec (884 seconds)

Published: Sat Jan 30 2021